''Euprosthenopsis'' is a
genus
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of African
nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Blandin in 1974.
Species
it contains seven species and one subspecies, found only in Africa:
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Euprosthenopsis armata''
(Strand, 1913) (
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) – Central, East Africa
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Euprosthenopsis lamorali''
Blandin, 1977 – South Africa
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Euprosthenopsis lesserti''
( Roewer, 1955) – East Africa
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Euprosthenopsis l. garambensis''
(Lessert, 1928) – Central Africa
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Euprosthenopsis pulchella''
( Pocock, 1902) – South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
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Euprosthenopsis rothschildi''
Blandin, 1977 – Kenya
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Euprosthenopsis vachoni''
Blandin, 1977 – Djibouti
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Euprosthenopsis vuattouxi''
Blandin, 1977 – Ivory Coast
See also
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List of Pisauridae species
This article lists all described species of the spider family Pisauridae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Afropisaura''
'' Afropisaura'' Blandin, 1976
* '' A. ducis'' (Strand, 1913) — West, Central, East Africa
* '' A. rothiformis'' ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pisauridae
Spiders of Africa
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